Collar-support.



H. H. KLEIN.

' COLLAR suPPoRT.

APPLICATION FILED MAYM. i914.

483,343 D Patented Nov. 2'?, 19W.

HARRY H. KLEIN, OF NEW "YORK, N. Y..

COLLAR-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 27, 11947..

Application filed May 14, 1914. Serial No. 838,622.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HARRY I-I. KLEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented cer` tain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Supports, of which the following is a. specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in collar stiffening or supporting means and more specically to that type of support that is made from a flexible wire and contemplates a novel structure as an article of manufacture in order to reduce the cost thereof, and at the same time improve the article.

Two modifications are shown in the accompanying drawings, which come under the same general form, Figure l of which shows a looped member of wire; Fig. 2 shows the same twisted; Fig. 3 discloses another form of loop with the ends free; and Fig. 4 shows the same twisted.

In Fig. l is disclosed a loop 1 of cut wire, the cut ends of which are soldered or welded together as at 2, the wire being bent to form two parallel portions 3, intermediate two U- shaped ends 4. This for all purposes makes said loop endless and provides a means for confining the ends so as not to create annoyance to the wearer by permitting the sharp ends to protrude.

Fig. 2 discloses the loop l which has been twisted or spirally bent to form a reinforced shank, leaving a pair of closed or endless loops or eyes 5 at opposite ends thereof. It will be noted that the welded ends 2 of the wire have been incorporated in the strut or shank portion 6 that was formed by the twist between the two eyes 5.

In Fig. 3 there is disclosed another form of making the preliminary loop, in which there are a plurality of parallel portions 3 and U-shaped ends 4, the ends 7 and 8 not being welded but left in about the proportion shown, and later incorporated into the body of the strut by twisting, as indicated in Fig. 4 at 7 and 8. The same reference characters have been used for like portions in both modifications in order that the Vdescription may read alike on the like elements.

It is obvious from the foregoing description that Fig. 2 comprises a` strut member having a double twisted strut member and that Fig. 4 has a triple twisted strut member 6 between the eyes 5. It is further obvious that the manner of concealing the ends 7 and S in Fig. 4 also places them in a position where they can do no harm by scratching or otherwise when in use. These collar supports are intended to be attached to lace or delicate fabric by means of sewing in the eyes 5, and about as indicated in Fig. 4, wherein the collar is represented by the numeral 9.

I claim:

l. A collar stiiening or supporting means comprising a length of wire bent to form uninterrupted closed loops at both ends of said supporting means, said wire being bent upon itself and turned spirally to form a reinforced shank between the loops, the ends of the wire projecting into the loops and thus being spaced apart from the collar and person of the wearer.

2. A collar stiffening or supporting means comprising a length of wire bent to form uninterrupted closed loops at both ends of said supporting means, and after forming the loops returning to form the body of the supporting means, said wire being bent upon itself and turned spirally to form a shank between the loops, the ends of the wire being disposed at a distance removed from the outer sides of said loops and thus being spaced apart from the collar and person of the wearer.

3. A collar supporter comprising a lamentary structure formed from a single length of wire having its end portions parallel to its intermediate part and twisted therewith, said end portions and intermediate part being of substantially equal lengths, and eyelets at the ends of said structure consisting of loops formed in bending said wire.

HARRY II. KLEIN.

Genies of this patent :may 'be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 3D. C. 

